LETTERS; Letters: Rest in Peace

Published: April 27, 2008

To the Editor:

Grace Paley would lament (and forgive) Mary Jo Salter's decision to review ''Fidelity'' (April 6) without mentioning her fervent lifelong devotion to the antiwar movement. (She was much more than a ''liberal activist.'') Like Thoreau, she went to jail for her beliefs. Unlike Thoreau, she spent more than one night there. She would want to be remembered for that. Her poetry is a testament to peace.

Sander Zulauf
Andover, N.J.
The writer is poet laureate of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark.